What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Mayo, Ireland, is a children's burial ground beside a ruined medieval church on the east bank of a river. The grass-grown rectangle measures 31.5m east-west and 18m north-south, with wall footings on its east side and uninscribed stone markers scattered across ground that falls away to the south and west. The steep western slope, the ruined church at the northeast corner, and the absence of names on the stones suggest a place set apart for the smallest lives, where even grief was laid down without words.

In pasture, located towards the base of a steep W-facing slope, on the E bank of a river. A rectangular grass-grown area (31.5m E-W; 18m N-S) enclosed on its E side by grass-covered wall footings (Wth 0.8m). The interior ground levels fall away by over 1m to the S and W. Several uninscribed stone gravemarkers are visible. There is a ruined medieval church (MA070-167001-) at the NE corner of the graveyard. The graveyard was used as a childrens’ burial ground (MA070-176003-). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 November 2021

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